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Kanti Hindi Kendra, LLC (Student)

STARTALK Hindi Language and Culture Immersion

Language(s)

Hindi

Grade Level(s)

K-2, 3-5, 6-8

Date(s)

June 25, 2018 – July 13, 2018: Session One

Location(s)

Concord Road Elementary School, Ardsley, NY

Program Setting

Non-residential

Summary

The program will offer 91 hours of learner centered Hindi language and culture learning to 84 early elementary to middle school students (1- 8 grade). Participants will be placed in age-appropriate classes ranging from novice to intermediate level, based on their pre-program informal Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) assessment. Program's major goals will be to develop Hindi language competence of all participants by at least one higher sub level in three modes of communication. Participants will have the opportunity to develop language skills, and cultural competence by exploring program's curriculum contents based on the theme 'Me and My World- Unity in Diversity', and World Readiness Standards for Learning Languages. Differentiated instruction, intentional scaffolding to build Hindi literacy skills, formative and performance assessments will guide and motivate learners to self-monitor and grow their language skills. Theme based games, competitions, multimedia projects and hands-on native visual and performing arts projects will provide opportunities to all language learners with varied needs to engage in meaningful communication, create and present collaborative products for peer assessment and self reflection. The program will also provide continued Hindi language and culture learning opportunity to learners during its 20 week online-blended session (September 2018- March 2019).

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Agnes Scott College (Student)

Georgia STARTALK Program: Chinese & Turkish

Language(s)

Chinese, Turkish

Grade Level(s)

6-8, 9-12, Undergraduate

Date(s)

June 11, 2018 – June 23, 2018

Location(s)

Agnes Scott Collge, Decatur, GA

Program Setting

Non-residential

Summary

The 13-day Chinese and Turkish programs with a total of 91 hours instruction in Chinese or 91 hours instruction in Turkish will allow 24 middle school and high school students (grades 6-12) who have limited or no previous experience in Chinese to attain novice-mid proficiency in Chinese and 10 high school juniors and seniors (grades 11-12) along with college freshmen and sophomores who have limited or no previous experience in Turkish to attain novice-mid proficiency in Turkish. During each 7-hour day, students will engage in immersive language learning, practicing Chinese Martial Arts or Turkish Taekwondo, drumming, and music. The theme “A Musical Journey through China, a Musical Journey through Turkey” will provide ample opportunities for communication about food, geography, families, music, and basic greetings and introductions; learning about the cultures and content of the Chinese/Turkish traditions, music and sports; connecting to art and history. A field trip to the Atlanta Chinatown or a local Turkish market will provide a rich exchange of activities with native speakers and an authentic opportunity for interpersonal communication. By the end of the program, students will reach "novice-mid" in all modes of communication based on the ACTFL proficiency guidelines and will be able to handle many authentic tasks, including telling and asking about basic personal information, commenting on their favorite Chinese or Turkish food, cities and musical instruments, designing itineraries, and performing skits and songs in Chinese or Turkish.

Location(s)

Hotel TBD, Long Beach, CA

Califronia State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Program Setting

Residential

Summary

Occidental College offers two separate blended programs one focusing on the development of leadership and the second focusing on technology as the core of standards-based instruction.
Thirty applicants (teachers in elementary, middle, high school and university settings) will be served in these two programs for ninety-six hours. Sixteen hours in the Leadership Program and twenty-four hours in the Technology Program will be delivered online. The face-to-face segment will be three days for Leadership Program and four days for Technology Program. The Leadership program is by invitation. Participants in the leadership program will create curricular maps and/or a thematic using social justice/global issues as an organizing principle. During the intervening year, participants will pilot materials and modify them based on program needs and interactions with their students. Technology Sessions will be offered for teachers at various levels of proficiency. Technology Sessions will be offered for teachers at various levels of proficiency. Novices will design or adapt learning plan(s) and deliver a model leaning episode for volunteers (university students, LOTE student-teachers, graduate language instructors, and university staff). Specifically, they will a) specify the learning targets using can-do statements b) create a technology-based interpretive task with authentic materials using technology to make language, culture and/or content comprehensible to students, c) explore various programs that can be used to support interpersonal and presentational communication and d) participate in a practicum where they teach segments of a model lesson to volunteers. 4) Teachers in the Leadership and Technology Sessions will explore the use of platforms to facilitate professional development and language learning and create an online community to share materials and practices that foster continued interaction among participants.

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YINGHUA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (Student)

YHIS-STARTALK CHINESE IMMERSION Student Program

Language(s)

Chinese

Grade Level(s)

3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Date(s)

June 25, 2018 – July 13, 2018

Location(s)

YingHua International School, Kingston, NJ

Program Setting

Non-residential

Summary

YingHua Startalk Student Program is a Mandarin Chinese and Chinese culture program good for 36 incoming 3rd to 9th grade students, with diverse socioeconomic, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds and various Chinese proficiency levels ranging from Novice Low to Intermediate mid. Student participants will be actively engaged in 3 weeks of face-to-face, standards-aligned, science-oriented, culturally-enriching, and fully-immersed and theme-based learning opportunities, followed by 8 weeks of twice-weekly meetings after school, and 4 months of online learning. Beyond the Program, student participants can choose to remain engaged with the vibrant learning community from YingHua International School. Special marketing attention will be focused on the underprivileged areas such as Franklin Park, Somerset, NJ, to ensure that students who have not been exposed to Chinese learning, who are outside of community-based weekend language schools and well-funded high school language programs, are able to benefit from the Startalk program. Strong pedagogical leadership, well-crafted curricular design, the expertise and experience of teachers, together with a low student-teacher ratio, will guarantee the high quality of YingHua Startalk Student Program.

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Kean University (Student)

Kean University 2018 STARTALK Hindi/Urdu Program

Language(s)

Hindi, Urdu

Grade Level(s)

9-12

Date(s)

July 30, 2018 – August 17, 2018: (Face-to-face)

Location(s)

Kean University, Union, NJ

Program Setting

Non-residential

Summary

“Lifting the Veil of Ignorance: Education for All in India and Pakistan” serves as the theme for Kean’s 2018 Building Competency in Hindi and Urdu through Global Project-Based Learning Program. This program is designed for secondary/early post-secondary heritage language learners who wish to gain higher levels of language/culture proficiency in contemporary learning environments through the study of Hindi/Urdu in the real world context of the challenges posed in educating “all” children in India/Pakistan. The program will enroll 30 students in a three-week standards-driven blended learning experience totaling 99-instructional hours. Student outcomes include: demonstration of growth in interpretive reading, presentational writing and presentational speaking, increased linguistic accuracy and use of appropriate verbal and non-verbal strategies in interpersonal and presentational communication, and development of intercultural and global competencies through daily interactions with students from partner schools in India and Pakistan focused on gaining knowledge about and taking action on education equity as a local,regional and global issue.

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Kean University (Teacher)

Kean STARTALK 2018 Hindi/Urdu Teacher Program

Language(s)

Hindi, Urdu

Date(s)

July 23, 2018 – August 11, 2018: (Face-to-face)

Location(s)

Kean University, Union, NJ

Program Setting

Residential

Summary

The 2018 Kean Teacher Program is designed for heritage, native or non-native speakers of Hindi or Urdu that have 2 or more years experience teaching in heritage language schools, in STARTALK Programs and/or have previously attended NYU STARTALK Teacher Training Programs. The blended learning program will enroll 7 Hindi and 6 Urdu teachers in credit-bearing graduate coursework leading to a Master’s Degree in Hindi and Urdu Language Pedagogy. Teachers in the first MA cohort will pursue 4.5 credit hours of onsite pedagogy coursework while concurrently engaging in clinical observation and practice during the Kean Student Hindi and Urdu Summer Program and teachers in the second cohort will pursue 9-credit hours of content, theory and pedagogy online coursework as part of the Extended Teacher Program. Program outcomes include: acquisition of pedagogical knowledge and skills (contemporary, research-based instructional methods and assessment practices) through summer onsite courses that include integration of content, theory and pedagogy into clinical practice in the Student Program and acquisition of content (language, literature and linguistics) through extended online courses. Credits earned in graduate courses may be used to fulfill licensure requirements or to pursue Alternate Route Certification Programs offered in most states.

Contact(s)

AKEEP (Student)

STARTALK: Cultural Treasure Hunters

Language(s)

Korean

Grade Level(s)

3-5, 6-8

Date(s)

July 16, 2018 – August 3, 2018: (Face-to-face)

Location(s)

Troy University Montgomery Campus, Montgomery, AL

Program Setting

Non-residential

Summary

STARTALK: Cultural Treasure Hunters is a 3-week (15 days) program by the Alabama-Korea Education & Economic Partnership (AKEEP) to provide Korean language and cultural instruction to forty-eight (48), 4th – 6th-grade Novice-low, non-heritage students. By the end of 120 instructional hours, students will perform at Novice Mid ACTFL language levels and will be able to greet and introduce themselves to Korean-native speakers using culturally appropriate register, titles, and gestures. They will be able to write, read, and recite the names of seven primary colors, compare Korean traditional clothing, and be able to give and react to directional commands. They will be able to identify familiar foods and unique Korean ingredients found in cultural dishes. Finally, they will learn practice presentational skills through learning two Korean children's songs, a traditional dance to perform for friends and family, and presenting on Korean artifacts found in a museum.

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Arlington County School Board (Student)

STARTALK 2018

Language(s)

Arabic, Chinese

Grade Level(s)

6-8

Date(s)

July 9, 2018 – July 27, 2018

Location(s)

Kenmore Middle School, Arlington, VA

Program Setting

Non-residential

Summary

The three-week summer program will provide 50 middle school students (i.e. rising 6th through 8th graders) with Chinese and Arabic instruction at Novice Low and Novice Mid levels for 4.5 hours a day for 15 days (i.e. 67.5 total hours of instruction) from July 9 to July 27. Teachers will have more than 30 hours of pre-service training, plus one half-hour before class each day to prepare their materials and consult with one another, and one hour after class to reflect on their teaching practice and review the day's work, including weekly work in the computer lab analyzing their students' progress in providing evidence for LinguaFolio CAN DO statements. Teacher assistants will be included in part of the pre-service week, working with teachers to prepare activities and materials, and will work in-class to help students. Outcomes include students' self-assessment as CAN DO or CAN DO WITH HELP on at least seven pre-identified LinguaFolio indicators embedded in the curriculum covering major language domains.

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Lewis University (Student)

Lewis University StarTalk 2018

Language(s)

Chinese, Russian

Grade Level(s)

9-12, Undergraduate

Date(s)

June 18, 2018 – July 13, 2018: (Face-to-face)

Location(s)

Lewis University, Romeoville, IL

Program Setting

Non-residential

Summary

32 rising high school 10-12 graders and college freshmen and sophomores will participate in Lewis University Summer Star Talk 2018. By the end of the Program, students are expected to develop interest in TL and culture and to reach basic (Novice High /Intermediate Low) functional ability in Chinese/Russian. The program will run for four weeks from June 18th and July 13th 2018, Monday through Friday and will provide 90 hours of instruction.

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Kansas City Chinese School North (Student)

STARTALK Student Summer Program in Kansas City

Language(s)

Chinese

Grade Level(s)

3-5, 6-8

Date(s)

July 9, 2018 – July 27, 2018: (Face-to-face)

Location(s)

William Jewell College, Liberty, MO

Program Setting

Non-residential

Summary

The STARTALK Student Summer Program in Kansas City offers three-week intensive language and culture learning experience to 60 novice learners from grades 3-8, both true beginners and students with some prior proficiency in Chinese, in greater Kansas City metro area and neighboring rural areas in the state of Missouri. Underserved, marginalized and rural population are encouraged specifically to apply and participate.

Based on students’ age group, the program will be divided into four sections, two for rising 3rd-5th graders and two for rising 6th-8th graders. To make the classroom activities relevant to students and motivate them in their learning, each section will use a thematic curriculum; the theme for rising 3rd - 5th graders is “What We Know about Chinese New Year”; the theme for rising 6th - 8th graders is “Let’s Plan a Trip to China.”

Students will attend seven hours of activities daily consisting of three-and-half-hour task-based language learning classes, one-and-half-hour cultural seminar and hands-on activities, half-hour morning Chinese Taichi exercise, half-hour separate group activity, and a one-hour complimentary lunch, for a total of 105 instructional hours for three weeks.

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About STARTALK

STARTALK is a project funded by the National Security Agency and administered by the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland. STARTALK’s mission is to increase the number of U.S. citizens learning, speaking, and teaching critical-need foreign languages, with programs for students (K-16) and teachers. MORE